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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4106811, member: 72790"]I wonder if you could tell us the source that circa 300 AD the ration of silver to copper was 100 to 1. At the time of the Augustan coinage enactments the ration was about 41 grams of copper to one of silver. The As of that period weighed about 10 grams, sixteen of them to an almost 4 gram .95 fineness denarius. I understand that the ratio would vary some depending on the quantity of silver mined, spent, looted etc. but going from 41 to 100 to one would seem to imply that silver had more than doubled its value over copper. I also have to wonder about the average Roman circa 300 AD being able to determine the fineness of an any alloy. He might determine a coin's value by its weight, an easier measure to determine than the fineness of an alloy. What I am trying to determine for myself in another tangential study is how could the average consumer determine the intrinsic (not token) value of the coinage in circulation at any period of Imperial Rome, other than by weight, which admittedly is only one component of the value of a coin. If you have any sources on this could you please share them with us? Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4106811, member: 72790"]I wonder if you could tell us the source that circa 300 AD the ration of silver to copper was 100 to 1. At the time of the Augustan coinage enactments the ration was about 41 grams of copper to one of silver. The As of that period weighed about 10 grams, sixteen of them to an almost 4 gram .95 fineness denarius. I understand that the ratio would vary some depending on the quantity of silver mined, spent, looted etc. but going from 41 to 100 to one would seem to imply that silver had more than doubled its value over copper. I also have to wonder about the average Roman circa 300 AD being able to determine the fineness of an any alloy. He might determine a coin's value by its weight, an easier measure to determine than the fineness of an alloy. What I am trying to determine for myself in another tangential study is how could the average consumer determine the intrinsic (not token) value of the coinage in circulation at any period of Imperial Rome, other than by weight, which admittedly is only one component of the value of a coin. If you have any sources on this could you please share them with us? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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